School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

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Department: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Qualifications: BA Japanese and Korean: SOAS, University of London
MA Japanese Studies: SOAS, University of London
Subject: South East Asia
Email address: 626063@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title: Accessible ‘workplaces’: Assistive technology, disability, and the changing working landscape in Japan
Internal Supervisors: Dr Helen Macnaughtan, Dr Filippo Cervelli & Dr Fabio Gygi

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Jenni is a fourth year PhD student in the East Asian Languages and Cultures department.

They have a first class honours in BA Japanese and Korean, and a distinction in MA Japanese Studies, both at SOAS. They are a former visiting fellow of Tokyo College, University of Tokyo. Jenni is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and has taught on a number of East Asian Languages and Cultures modules, and currently teaches on Common Core I, a training module for first-year PhD students, run by the Doctoral School.

They are also a 1:1 Study Skills tutor, and regularly run study skills workshops.

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Schofield, J. (forthcoming) “To be recognised as human is enough”: Tales from the intersection of queerness and disability. Metttasphere: Narrating identities across borders and media. Eds. Facius and Janz.

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Jenni’s research interests are disability and equitable access, accessibility, assistive technology, and neurodiversity. They also have an interest in queer and trans studies. They approach all of their research with an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens.